FUSE Preview Release

[Alpha]

Fuse is a free Unix Spectrum Emulator that has been ported to the Wii.

 

I'm releasing a preview of FUSE for the Wii. It still has a couple bugs and lacks a couple features, but it's very useable. FUSE is the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator by Philip Kendall, an emulator for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, a home computer that was very popular in the 80s. For more information (and thousands of games!), see World of Spectrum.

 

You can download it here. Just unpack the archive under /apps on your SD card and run it.

 

Most Spectrum software assumes you have a keyboard attached (since the original Spectrum is an all-in-one home computer). FUSE for the Wii supports USB keyboards. You will probably need one.

 

When you run FUSE, you get the Spectrum 48K boot screen. You can now attach a USB keyboard and write BASIC programs!

 

You can also push the HOME button on your Wiimote. This brings up a menu that you can use to load Spectrum games from SD card. The A button selects a menu entry, the B button brings you up one menu. You should also tell FUSE to use your Wiimote as a Sinclair Joystick: Options->Joysticks->Joystick 1->Sinclair Joystick

 

Now, when you start a game, tell the game to use the Sinclair interface. Hold the Wiimote sideways so the 1&2 buttons are on the

right. The directional pad is your joystick, 2 is Fire button 1, 1 is Fire button 2.

 

To quit FUSE, bring up the menu and select File->Exit, press A on the question whether you really want to quit.

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Thanks to EmuBoards for the news!